Epson Y16499100301 User Manual

4. When the diskette is completely formatted, you see

messages such as these (for a 720KB diskette):

Format complete

730112 bytes total disk space

730112 bytes available on disk

Format another (Y/N)?

At this point, you can either press Y and 

Enter 

to format

another diskette, or press 

N 

and 

Enter 

to return to the

MS-DOS system prompt.

1. Insert your working copy of the MS-DOS system diskette

in drive A (and press any key if necessary) or log on to

drive C (the hard disk) by typing C:.

2. When you see the A> or C> prompt, type:

FORMAT A:

and press 

Enter. You 

see this prompt:

Insert new diskette for drive A:

and strike ENTER when ready

3. If the MS-DOS diskette is in drive A, remove it. Then

insert the diskette you want to format in drive A, and
press 

Enter 

to start formatting. MS-DOS displays the head

and cylinder numbers as it formats each cylinder of the

diskette.

4. When the diskette is completely formatted, you see these

messages:

Format complete

730112 bytes total disk space

730112 bytes available on disk

Format another (Y/N)?

At 

this point, you can either format another diskette by

pressing Y and 

Enter, 

or return to the MS-DOS system

prompt by pressing 

N 

and 

Enter.